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The Anthropocene: a new age of humans15/11/2016
Human impacts on the way our planet functions have now become so extreme many scientists are claiming the Earth has shifted out of the Holocene state and into a new geological epoch. >> more

VR Archaeology18/10/2016
The Plain of Jars in central Laos is one of Southeast Asia’s biggest archaeological enigmas. >> more

Degas27/09/2016
The National Gallery of Victoria is lined with secrets, but early attempts at solving these mysteries gave only a glimpse of what lay beneath the brushstrokes. >> more

Out of Africa Revisit27/09/2016
Last year Catalyst took you on a remarkable road trip through Namibia in Southern Africa, where genomicist Professor Vanessa Hayes collected blood samples to search for the origins of modern society. >> more

Science Through The Ages23/08/2007
When prehistoric people first developed stone tools they embarked humanity on a tumultuous journey of invention that has given us a wealth of gifts over the millennia. >> more

Celestial Navigation12/10/2006
Today, few sailors would contemplate a trip at sea without navigational equipment like maps, star charts, a compass and GPS technology. >> more

Willandra Footprints31/08/2006
One of the most amazing and unexpected archaeological finds ever made in Australia has turned up among the wind-blown sand dunes of Willandra Lakes in western New South Wales. >> more

Hobbit Update13/10/2005
Catalyst’s resident palaeontologist and reporter, Dr Paul Willis, revisits the mystery of the ancient little “Hobbit” people to check the latest revelations. >> more

Kiore21/07/2005
Reporter Jonica Newby eats a rat to bring viewers one of New Zealand’s science stories of the year. >> more

Hobbit26/05/2005
Late in 2004 the world was rocked by the news of fossils of a small human from the Indonesian island of Flores. >> more

Recherche Bay30/10/2003
Two hundred and ten years ago, French explorers completed some of the first major scientific events in Australia’s history. >> more

Wollemi Rock Art16/10/2003
A 4,000 year old record of stunning and rare rock art hidden for generations by its rugged and inhospitable location in Wollemi National Park has finally been revealed by scientists. >> more

Secrets of Saint Marys28/11/2002
There was no knowing what secrets lay buried in the unmarked graves of St Mary's Church in Adelaide, but as the first coffin was opened the broken human bones told archaeologists they were unearthing an untold story of our pioneer past. >> more